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When I started to have the idea I needed a connection to Northampton - after a little bit of research I found Ham Tune, first recognised as a settlement in 914 - aka Hampton, aka (North) Hampton, aka Northampton as the name evolved over time. I did check if there were any other UK based Hamtune dance music websites - but as you may guess I didn't find any....

He's warming up the decks, we've got no idea on the mix - its free reigns given to the guests to be creative, one things for certain, it won't be be background noise...

A brand new style of night for Northampton - a hifi listening experience to be shared with others in the same venue - the music? Your choice! Expects a huge amount of variation in choices - but all with a story behind them

Several updates to keep everyone informed! Calendar - removed - it was taking too long via the website method to work out the events - most of which were on Facebook, and move them over to here with pictures and links - this will be a Weds evening weekly post from the Facebook page Monthly mix - now kicked off with an introduction - we have 3 DJs - April, May and June lined up already and we're looking for more! Issues - I've been navigating the page and looking for errors an

Two relatively low level news stories have come out this week about two different DJs - one unfortunately had a heart attack so has sensibly decided to step back from DJing for a while, and the other is releasing an album. Interesting yes, absolutely earth shattering? No, but the thing that links both stories is that the subjects are from the trans community - and that showed in the near instaneous and vile comments that have been posted - mostly by male individuals. Two d

Pic by Miles Loftin The word or name Shelter means a lot to a lot of different people, i'm lucky enough that it means a musical Shelter rather than anything more fundamental. I was also lucky enough to have the priviledge (and there's probably more coming on this at a later date) to engage with a lot of members of the Paradise Garage, and later Shelter... Built and run with a similar ethos of openess, house, soul and dancing it took the reigns... Heres the story told by the r

Late winter/early spring is when the festival ads start to really get pummelled across the socials, from the nationals to the local fields. This leads to feelings of complex conflict - experiences vs guilt? The recent finding of up to and possibly over 150 of UK and European festivals are run by the 'big four': Live Nation, AEG, CTS Eventim and Superstruct Entertainment I work in the engineering industry, leaning towards the automotive side as a preference (oo err), we're f

Coming up to its 10th anniversary of being made, with classic lines of "live sex being transmitted" and "what the fuck is this machine" - this tells the story of isolated Norwegians being exposed, then frankly, taking over the disco world scene. A great story, and what from what i've been told, is celebrating the anniversary with Manchester screenings and events. Watch here (only £5.99 to buy!): https://youtu.be/xQKUPNykUNM?si=gtw4ZlyW5iumJUge A vibrant dance floor filled wi